Huezo Rising is a private 501(c)(3) founded by an RE-4 discharge who finished an 8-year second-chance military contract, then taught himself how the wealthy build EIN-only credit. That hard-won knowledge was codified into a complete software platform — built independently by the founder over three years, then licensed to the nonprofit perpetually and royalty-free so survivors get the same system for free.
Three years, including a full year of focused engineering, went into a complete software platform that walks a user through LLC formation, vendor-tier business credit, and EIN-only financing. The founder built it independently because he had to figure this out alone, and he wanted the next person to have what he didn't.
Then he licensed it to the nonprofit — perpetually, royalty-free. Survivors get the same platform that everyone else has to pay for. Your donation pays for the people who deliver it: intake, mentors, instructor stipends, materials, and on-the-ground support — not platform R&D, because the platform is already done.
Filing → infrastructure → vendor-tier credit → EIN-only financing. This is the exact system the founder taught himself coming out of the military — the one that pulled him from RE-4 to a fundable, self-built business. Not theory. The path he actually walked, codified into software so the next person doesn't have to walk it alone.
Web, mobile, and desktop apps. Vendor tracking, Paydex monitoring, funding-readiness scoring. Licensed to Huezo Rising under a perpetual royalty-free agreement. No platform build cost on the nonprofit's books.
Participant intake, instructor stipends, paid jobsite training through our staffing partner, materials for community service work, and the back-office that keeps it all funder-reportable.
For people learning a skilled trade from the ground up. Classroom education and LLC formation are delivered free by the nonprofit. On-the-job training is W-2 paid through our staffing partner — Huezo Rising Construction LLC, a separate for-profit employer entity.
For entrepreneurs who already have a marketable skill — barbers, mechanics, landscapers, contractors, anyone — but lack the legal business structure to be fundable. The LLC Blueprint™ does the heavy lifting at scale.
We separated the for-profit jobsite work from the nonprofit education on purpose — to protect donor dollars from jobsite liability and to keep wage-and-hour compliance unambiguous.
Delivered by Huezo Rising (the 501(c)(3)). Education, LLC formation, business credit coaching, EIN-only financing prep — all unpaid by the nonprofit, free for participants. This is the charitable program.
Delivered by Huezo Rising Construction LLC, a separate for-profit employer entity owned by the founder. State or local minimum on local jobs, federal Davis-Bacon prevailing wage on federal contracts. Workers' comp, payroll, full employment-law compliance.
Construction work has real jobsite risk — injury, property damage, OSHA exposure. Keeping that risk fully out of the nonprofit means donor dollars and program assets stay protected. The Construction LLC contracts exclusively with the nonprofit and staffs every job from program participants.
Real jobs the nonprofit secures — commercial, residential, government. Participants are W-2'd by the Construction LLC at the wage required by law for the job. Contract revenue offsets payroll and reduces grant reliance over time.
When no contract work is available, participants identify community needs — fences, yards, repairs for neighbors, churches, and community organizations — and do the work free for the recipient. Grant funds pay participant wages and instructor stipends. Recipient pays nothing. Real charitable benefit, real paid training.
When neither contract work nor community work is available, participants train on real builds and supervised practice projects. Grant funds cover participant wages and instructor stipends; materials are sourced from program inventory or partners.
No idle time. No unpaid labor. No charitable assets used for private benefit. Every hour is either paid work or paid training.
Every Accelerator Track participant moves through the same four-stage system the founder taught himself coming out of military service. Most reach Paydex 80 by week 10 and EIN-only financing approval between weeks 12 and 16.
Most workforce nonprofits send funders a quarterly PDF. We send funders a login. The dashboard ships in the LLC Blueprint™ platform today — funders see their cohort's outcomes in real time.
getImpactStats) and Flutter dashboard are live in the platform repo today. Funders are provisioned with the grants role on request.
functions/grants/getImpactStats.js · role: grants
The Accelerator Track is online and available nationwide from day one — any program, any case-manager, any state, anywhere in the country. The LLC Blueprint™ platform is built and shipping; participants log in and run the same 90-day path the founder walked, no matter where they live.
Imperial Valley is our in-person Incubator pilot — chosen on purpose as one of California's hardest-hit regions. If the hands-on model works here, it works anywhere we expand it next.
The platform is built. The methodology is proven. The 501(c)(3) is approved. What's left to fund is the human side: the people teaching it, the equipment they teach on, the wages we pay our trainees on real jobsites, and the reach that lets us deliver this nationwide.
Sponsor a participant through the online 90-day path: filing, EIN, real business address, banked, credit-built, ready for EIN-only financing. From "no business" to "fundable business" — anywhere in the country.
Underwrite a hands-on construction cohort: six months of training with W-2 wages on real jobsites, classroom education, certifications, and the formed business at the end. Real paid training, real outcomes.
Fund the operational backbone — licensed Responsible Managing Officer (RMO) compensation, jobsite tools and equipment, trucks, materials, insurance, bonding, and the staff who run intake and case management.
Major gifts, multi-year commitments, and chapter-level partnerships let us scale nationwide, fund regional pilots in your community, expand the impact dashboard, and reach survivors who'll never see this offered anywhere else.
We're not pretending to be further along than we are. We're a young 501(c)(3) with a working software platform, a proven methodology, a separate for-profit employer entity, and a founder with lived experience. What we don't have yet — by design — is a cohort. That's what we're raising for.
Founder lived experience isn't a marketing line. It's the program design. Every demographic Huezo Rising Foundation serves — formerly incarcerated, separated military, single dads, foster youth, low-income — I lived a version of it. I'm a single dad.
I was in the foster system for a stretch as a kid before going back to my mother. I had my first child a few months after I turned 18, and joined the U.S. military soon after. It didn't end the way I wanted it to. I came home with an RE-4 discharge — the kind that's supposed to close the door on you for good.
I didn't accept that. I went to work in my community as a youth advocate, earned commendation letters from local leadership, enrolled in Job Corps, and had old tattoos removed — every visible and invisible thing I needed to change, I changed. Then the National Guard granted me a second chance. I'm one of the few people they reinstate after an RE-4. I deployed with KFOR 11 in Kosovo, and to Iraq in 2011–2012. I'm the only one in that second-chance group to complete the full 8-year contract. I separated honorably in 2013.
After that I paid thousands out of pocket to learn how the wealthy build EIN-only credit — knowledge nobody hands to people coming out of foster care, prison, or the military. I spent three years turning that knowledge into a complete software platform, then licensed it to Huezo Rising — perpetual and royalty-free — so survivors who'll never be able to pay retail get the same system for free.
Every demographic this nonprofit serves — formerly incarcerated, separated military, single dads, foster youth, low-income — is a community I've been part of. I'm a single dad raising a child while building this. The support we offer is the support I needed and didn't have.
If you're a foundation officer, family-office principal, CDFI, or workforce-dev funder — let's talk. We'll send the funder packet, give you a live demo of the platform, and show you the dashboard your grant would populate.
Every dollar pays for participant intake, instructor stipends, materials, or W-2 wages on the jobsite. Not platform R&D — the platform is already built.
By donating, you agree to our Terms. Huezo Rising Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization.
Real-time impact dashboard for funders. For everyone else: a single monthly note about cohort progress, partner news, and how the program is actually performing. No spam.